Imleria pallida (“Pallid Bolete”)

White cap browns with age. White pores age yellow to greenish-yellow and bruise an odd gray-green that fades to grayish brown.

SKU: Boletus pallidus Categories: 1. Found in Alabama, 1. Found in Connecticut, 1. Found in Northern Illinois, 2. Found in Florida, 2. Found in Kansas, 2. Found in New Jersey, 3. Found in Louisiana, 3. Found in Michigan, 3. Found on Long Island (New York), 4. Found in Ohio, 4. Found in Pennsylvania, 4a. Found in S.W. Pennsylvania, 5. Found in North Carolina, 5. Found in Ontario, 5. Found in W. Va. or the Central Appalachians, 6. Found in Eastern Texas, 6. Found in Quebec, CAP COLOR FILTERS, CAP FLESH COLOR FILTERS, Cap Flesh Does Not Stain with 30 seconds, Cap Flesh is White, Cap Flesh is Yellow, CAP FLESH STAINING FILTERS, Cap Flesh Stains a Color Other than Blue, Cap Flesh Stains Blue, CAP SIZE FILTERS, CAP TASTE FILTERS, CAP TEXTURE FILTERS, Cap Texture is: 1- Dry & Smooth (Normal), Cap Texture is: 2- Viscid, Sticky, Slimy or Slick, Cap Texture is: 4- Cracked Beyond Environmental Effects, Deciduous (Leafy) Trees, Edibility: 4- Good, FILTER SET #1: REGION, FILTER SET #2: CAP FEATURES, FILTER SET #3: PORE FEATURES, FILTER SET #4: STEM FEATURES, FILTER SET #5: CAP FLESH (CONTEXT) FEATURES, FILTER SET #6: SPORE PRINT, FILTER SET #7: HABITAT FILTERS, FILTER SET #8: EDIBILITY, My Mushroom is Mature & Its Pores are Tiny, My Mushroom's Cap is >0.1" Across, My Mushroom's Cap is >4” Across, My Mushroom's Cap is >6” Across, PORE COLOR FILTERS, PORE SIZE FILTERS, PORE STAINING FILTERS, Pores Do Not Stain within 30 seconds, Pores Stain Other than Blue, Primary Cap Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Cap Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Primary Pore Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Pore Color is: 2 - Yellow to Gold, Primary Stem Color is: 1- White, Buff, or Light Gray, Primary Stem Color is: 4- Some Shade of Brown, Spore Print is 1- Olive to Olive-Brown, Spore Print is 4- Plain Old Brown, STEM COLOR FILTERS, STEM DECORATION/ TEXTURE FILTERS, Stem Is Bulbous, STEM SIZE FILTERS, Stem: 1- Has No Significant Ornaments, Stem: 5- Is Netted (Reticulated), Stem: Netting is WHITE, ZONE 1- the NORTHEAST, ZONE 2- the MIDWEST, ZONE 5 - the SOUTH

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Description

Genus: Imleria

Genus 2: Boletus

Species: pallida

Species 2: pallidus

Common Name: Pallid Bolete

Tells: White cap browns with age. White pores age yellow to greenish-yellow and bruise an odd gray-green that fades to grayish brown.

Other Information: Cap flesh may slowly stain pinkish or bluish. White stem develops brown streaks by the base as it ages, sometimes w/ yellow band by the very top or red by the very base. Netting is possible but rare. Stem may slowly bruise blue. May have a slightly bitter taste. Pores may bruise erratically and sometimes not at all in younger specimens.

Science Notes: DNA testing moved this species from the holding-tank version of Boletus into a new genus, as of early 2020. The species name changed for Latin’s required gender consistency.

Edibility: Good

CHEMICAL TESTS:

NH4OH (Ammonia): Cap surface turns pale rusty orange. Cap flesh and pore surface turn blue-green.
KOH: Cap surface, flesh, and pore surface all turn rusty orange.
FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Cap surface and pore surface both turn pale rusty orange. Cap flesh does not react.

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff

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Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians

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